Photos of Dettingen, Germany
Travel articles Tips for Backcountry Snow Riders During National Safety Awareness Week It's National Safety Awareness Week, Jan. 17-23, and several of the ski resorts around the country are offering programs about safety awareness on the slopes and in the backcountry. On... Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard? While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
What's in Your Back Yard? Yesterday I took some visiting friends to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. We spent a very pleasant hour and a half walking around this historic campus... Swimming Pool at the MGM Grand Hotel Casino Picture and details about the swimming pool area at the MGM Grand Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. Kite Surfing Pictures of kite surfing, or kite boarding, in Aruba. |
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